Raymond Caruana (9 May 1960 – 5 December 1986) was a Maltese political activist affiliated with the Nationalist Party (PN). Caruana was murdered in a

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at a PN club in

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While Caruana was at the PN club in Gudja, Malta, a car drove past the club firing several shots. One bullet hit him in the throat, killing him.

Peter Paul Busuttil Peter Paul Busuttil (or Pietru Pawl Busuttil in Maltese) (1943 – 28 June 2017) was a Mayor of Hal Safi, Malta Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. ...

was accused of the murder; however, in the Maltese Law Courts, it later transpired that Busuttil had been the victim of a frame-up by the Labour Party with the aid of the police. The case is still unsolved to the present days. During the December 1986 TV transmission of the budget debates in Parliament,

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assaulted

Eddie Fenech Adami Edoardo "Eddie" Fenech Adami, (born 7 February 1934) is a Maltese politician and Nationalist politician who served as the prime minister of Malta from 1987 until 1996, and again from 1998 until 2004. Subsequently, he was the seventh president ...

when the latter brought up the shooting of Raymond Caruana.1986: Lorry Sant vs Eddie Fenech Adami
''Maltatoday.com'', 13 May 2009

References

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"Raymond Caruana family angry at being exploited at Caruana Galizia 'shrine'"
Article in "The Times of Malta", 16 February 2018 * Matthew Vell
"Pietru Pawl Busuttil, victim of 1986 police frame-up, passes away"
Article in "The Malta Today", 28 June 2017 * Daphne Caruana Galizia
"Shot dead at 26 by Mintoff’s thugs"
Article in "Running Commentary", 24 August 2012 * Bertrand Bor
"Will Raymond Caruana killer remain free?"
Article in "The Times of Malta", 4 December 2011 * Lou Bond

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